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The admission is likely to increase pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to resign over the scandal involving the sale of state - owned land to school operator Moritomo Gakuen, which had ties to Abe's wife.

(CNN)- Former Rep. Anthony Weiner posted his first tweet Wednesday since resigning nearly 18 months ago over a scandal involving lewd photos and messages he sent via Twitter.

Now, with Cuomo on the defensive over a scandal involving his ethics commission, Astorino says he's seeing some gains in fundraising and interest in his campaign.

Not exact matches

The FTC's reported investigation into Facebook is the latest development in a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, which The New York Times and The Guardian in explosive reports over the weekend revealed had access to the information of 50 million Facebook users.

Mr. Sloan, a veteran of the bank, took over as C.E.O. after his predecessor, John Stumpf, resigned after the eruption of a scandal involving Wells Fargo's creation of fake accounts.

Greece's parliament voted early Thursday following a marathon 20 - hour session to investigate 10 senior politicians, including two former prime ministers, over allegations they were involved in a pharmaceutical bribery scandal.

Tove Ryding, a tax coordinator for Eurodad, told CNBC she wasn't surprised by Germany's ranking and money laundering risk, given the number of recent scandals involving German banks including Deutsche Bank, which was fined by South African anti-money laundering regulators in February, and saw investigations launched over alleged money laundering for Russian clients in June.

Four bishops have already resigned in scandals involving homosexual activity, and a fifth, my friend James McCarthy, auxiliary bishop of New York, resigned over affairs with women.

There has been uproar in Romania over Bishop Barladeanu and another scandal involving a priest who had sex with a male student as believers are demanding more accountability from the church.

I'm sure that you have seen the recent scandal involving him and some friends, his team mate Mathieu Valbuena and an alleged blackmail attempt over a sex tape.

Chelsea, who only in February were involved in a racist scandal on the Paris metro, which cast a huge shadow over the Stamford Bridge outfit, unsurprisingly feature in the top 10 offenders.

The police in London and New York said they're looking into complaints involving the disgraced film producer — the latest turn in a scandal that has consumed Hollywood over allegations of sexual abuse and harassment.

The tension and speculation over who is to blame over the rate - rigging scandal heated up today as the chancellor claimed his predecessors were «clearly involved».

Newsday says the investigation into an alleged sexting scandal involving Mangano should be turned over to the Nassau County DA.

The expenses scandal has had the same effect on them as it had on everyone else, leading many to say they were unprepared to campaign for their party and face voters» anger over something they were not involved with.

David Laws quit over the weekend after being embroiled in an expenses scandal involving rent paid to the landlord he was having a homosexual relationship with.

«Over the last few months, New York City Democratic Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver has been under fire to resign over the sex scandal coverup and taxpayer funded pay - off involving Assemblyman Vito LoOver the last few months, New York City Democratic Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver has been under fire to resign over the sex scandal coverup and taxpayer funded pay - off involving Assemblyman Vito Loover the sex scandal coverup and taxpayer funded pay - off involving Assemblyman Vito Lopez.

As the latest wave of corruption scandals breaks over the Legislature, some minority lawmakers are taking note of the complexion of those involved.

Much like the Assange hysteria, the hacking scandal dominated mainstream news for several months over the summer and involved everyone from Hugh Grant to Charlotte Church.

The two known loyalists of Akufo Addo were involved in the infamous Ecobank secret account scandal that saw the incredible expenditure of over GHC 6 million within two months on unknown projects.

The Legislature over the years has been rocked by scandals involving lawmakers who also received income from outside employment.

The fallout from the Weinstein scandal continued today, as protestors gathered outside Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's office to show their outrage over the way prosecutors handled a case involving the alleged sexual assault of a model in 2015.

The accusations emerged from the giant scandal in Brazil involving the state oil company there, Petrobras, which was bilked for billions of dollars over the course of a decade by corrupt executives, politicians and contractors — including Odebrecht.

Turner is involved in a special election against Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck) for the congressional seat previously held by Anthony Weiner, who abruptly resigned in June over a sexting scandal.

VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY ERIC SHINSEKI RESIGNS... In the end, even Eric Shinseki knew he had to go, President Barack Obama said Friday in announcing the resignation of his only Veterans Affairs secretary over a growing scandal involving sometimes deadly waits for care at VA hospitals.

In 2009, Gummer was involved in the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, after claiming # 36,000 for gardening over 4 years, as an parliamentary expense.

The mega scandal over allegedly steered contracts and bribes involving big players in the Cuomo administration, still in a federal prosecutor's hands, is the direct result of the protected insiders world he created.

On the bus, a reporter from Newsday asked Cuomo about the criticism from Republicans over Cuomo's handling of the sexual harassment scandal involving former assemblyman Vito Lopez.

The two discuss the recent debate over distribution of Homeland Security funding, Governor George Pataki's presidential prospects and Sweeney's stance on the recent scandal involving Democratic Congressman William Jefferson.

«Rampart is set against the background of the real - life scandal involving the LAPD anti-gang squad, in which over 70 officers were implicated.»

One would think that after the scandals involving Connecticut's two large charter chains, Jumoke and Achievement First, Connecticut's education officials would finally exert some meaningful oversight over Connecticut's charter sector.

Ofqual is calling on schools to submit evidence on the risks and benefits of involving teachers in writing exam papers, following a cheating scandal that rocked several of England's most famous private schools over the summer.

Most scandals over pricing involve some type of hiding.

I also expect that, as the sex scandal involving Pachauri unfolds over the coming weeks, the IPCC won't survive the toxic association.

McInnes delves into scandals related to Peter Toigo and the Expo Lands; the missteps of Minister of Tourism and provincial secretary, Bill Reid («The Blue Box Scandal»), and Hughes» two rounds with Vander Zalm — the first over Fantasy Gardens and the second involving Hughes» defamation suit to rectify Vander Zalm's defamatory comments about Hughes in Vander Zalm's self - published autobiography.

Represented the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) before a major municipal judicial inquiry • Counsel to the court - appointed Receiver in the Norshield hedge fund scandal involving the tracing and attempted recovery of over $ 400 million in investor funds in several jurisdictions

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

Prasad had recently targeted Rahul over Facebook data leak scandal involving political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica (CA).

Ravi Shankar Prasad had recently targeted Rahul Gandhi over Facebook data leak scandal involving political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica (CA).

The 10 a.m. hearing, announced Wednesday by the committee, is expected to focus largely on the data scandal involving Facebook and the data firm Cambridge Analytica, which The New York Times and The Guardian revealed had improperly obtained the data of over 50 million Facebook users.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)-- Big internet companies and small software developers alike are likely to face scrutiny over how they share customer information in the wake of the scandal involving Facebook...

Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm involved in a scandal with Facebook over misuse of private data, is...

The scandal surrounding Representative Anthony Weiner's exchange of sexually explicit photos and messages over social media, e-mail, and text messaging highlights for employers the dangers involving employee misuse of social media and company electronic equipment.

The recent scandal involving Congressman Anthony Weiner of New York (the guy who «accidentally» sent provocative photos of himself to attractive young females over Facebook and Twitter) has become a media sensation.